38
successor(noun, follower, seed, offspring, after)
22
descendant(noun, person, follower, seed, offspring)
16
heir(noun, follower, seed, offspring, after)
14
scion(noun, follower, seed, offspring, after)
12
inheritor(noun, follower, seed, offspring, after)
9
child(noun, seed, offspring, after, successor)
9
follower(noun, copy, substitute, heir, successor)
7
offshoot(noun, seed, offspring, after, successor)
7
replacement(noun, follower, heir, successor, inheritor)
6
chip off old block(noun, expression, idiom, seed, offspring)
6
offspring(noun, seed, after, successor)
6
devisee(noun, follower, heir, successor, inheritor)
6
posterity(noun, seed, offspring, after, successor)
6
progeniture(noun, seed, offspring, after, successor)
6
progeny(noun, seed, offspring, after, successor)
5
legatee(noun, follower, heir, successor, inheritor)
5
brood(noun, seed, offspring, after, successor)
5
daughter(noun, follower, heir, successor, inheritor)
5
descendants(noun, follower, heir, successor, inheritor)
5
descendent(noun, follower, heir, successor, inheritor)
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